The murder occurred at Bridges TV’s studio in 2009, six days after Aasiya Hassan told her abusive husband Muzzammil she was divorcing him. Muzzammil Hassan, the channel’s founder, then lured his wife to the studio where he stabbed her 40 times and hacked off her head with a pair of hunting knives.Verizon’s decision to drop the channel is unrelated to Hassan’s crime. The company told Metro:

“This programming has been discontinued due to very low viewership and the continued effort of Verizon to offer our customers the most popular channels while keeping our rates reasonable.”